Rent Mabuse Lives! (1964)
3.0 of 5 from 47 ratings
9h 9min
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- Synopsis:
Fritz Lang made two of the defining works of early German cinema with 'Dr. Mabuse the Gambler' and 'The Testament of Dr. Mabuse', two masterpieces centred on Norbert Jacques' nefarious literary supervillain. In 1960, Lang was charged by Artur Brauner's CCC Film with making a third crime thriller centred on the infamous Dr. Mabuse, completing a trilogy nearly forty years in the making. A huge success, 'The Thousand Eyes of Dr. Mabuse' (aka Die 1000 Augen des Dr. Mabuse) - (1960) gave CCC the confidence to launch into an entire series focused on the master criminal between 1960 and 1964, all starring Wolfgang Priess in the title role. All six films are presented here alongside a wealth of new and archival extras. In Fritz Lang's final film, 'The Thousand Eyes of Dr. Mabuse', the eponymous master of disguise (Priess) re-emerges in the Cold War era after a lengthy absence - and uses all manner of methods to insight murder and mayhem. 'The Return of Dr. Mabuse' (aka Im Stahlnetz des Dr. Mabuse) - (1961) sees him use brainwashed prison inmates to commit a litany of crimes while evading the German authorities and the FBI. In 'The Invisible Dr. Mabuse' (aka Die unsichtbaren Krallen des Dr. Mabuse) - 1962, he seeks to use an amazing new invention - a device that renders the user invisible - to his own ends. 'The Testament of Dr. Mabuse' (aka Das Testament des Dr. Mabuse) - 1962 - a remake of Lang's earlier film - has the German police tying themselves in knots as they try to figure out how their adversary could be continuing his reign of terror from inside an asylum. In 'Scotland Yard Hunts Dr. Mabuse' (aka Scotland Yard jagt Dr. Mabuse) - 1963, Mabuse's tentacles begin to creep across the English Channel. Finally, in 'The Death Ray of Dr. Mabuse' (aka Die Todesstrahlen des Dr. Mabuse) - 1964, the criminal mastermind comes to possess a weapon capable of unleashing untold destruction. Directed by Fritz Lang, Harald Reinl (The Fellowship of the Frog), Werner Klingler (Police Raid), Paul May (Duel with Death) and Hugo Fregonese (Black Tuesday), the CCC Mabuse series continues Fritz Lang's legacy while playing into a popular market taste in Germany for adaptations of literary krimis - or crime thrillers - that can also be seen in the enormous popularity of films based upon Edgar Wallace's novels throughout the 1960s. - Actors:
- Lex Barker, Karin Dor, Siegfried Lowitz, Rudolf Fernau, Wolfgang Preiss, Kurd Pieritz, Walter Bluhm, Hans Schwarz Jr., Walo Lüönd, Heinrich Gies, Alain Dijon, Werner Peters, Zeev Berlinsky, Carl de Vogt, Dawn Addams, Peter Van Eyck, Gert Fröbe, Andrea Checchi, Marielouise Nagel, Reinhard Kolldehoff
- Directors:
- Harald Reinl, Fritz Lang, Paul May, Hugo Fregonese, Victor De Santis, Werner Klingler
- Producers:
- Artur Brauner, Fritz Lang, Sandro Pallavicini, Victor De Santis
- Voiced By:
- Gert Günther Hoffmann, Harry Wüstenhagen, Joachim Nottke, Renate Danz, Erich Fiedler, Heinz Giese, Reinhard Kolldehoff, Arnold Marquis, Gerd Martienzen, Fritz Tillmann, Alexander Welbat, Curt Ackermann, Horst Niendorf
- Writers:
- Ladislas Fodor, Artur Brauner, Norbert Jacques, Fritz Lang, Heinz Oskar Wuttig, Jan Fethke, Bryan Edgar Wallace, Marc Behm
- Aka:
- The Testament of Dr. Mabuse / The Return of Dr. Mabuse / The Invisible Dr. Mabuse / The 1,000 Eyes of Dr. Mabuse / Dr. Mabuse vs. Scotland Yard / The Death Ray of Dr. Mabuse
- Genres:
- Action & Adventure, Classics, Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Thrillers
- Countries:
- Germany
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 31/03/2025
- Run Time:
- 549 minutes
- Languages:
- English Dubbed LPCM Mono, German LPCM Mono
- Subtitles:
- English
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Various
- Colour:
- B & W
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- (0) All
- Bonus:
- Archival audio commentary on 'The Thousand Eyes of Dr. Mabuse' by film historian and author David Kalat
- New audio commentaries on the other five films in this set by film historian and author David Kalat
- New introductions to each film by genre film expert and Video Watchdog founder Tim Lucas
- Mabuse Lives at CCC - new interview with film producer Alice Brauner, managing director of CCC Film and daughter of CCC founder Artur Brauner
- Criminology - new video essay by David Cairns and Fiona Watson
- 'I raggi modali del Dr. Mabuse' - alternate Italian cut of 'The Death Ray of Dr. Mabuse'
- 2002 interview with actor Wolfgang Preiss
- Alternate ending for 'The Thousand Eyes of Dr. Mabuse'
- Trailers
- Disc 1:
- This disc includes the following Film:
- The 1000 Eyes Of Dr Mabuse
- Special Features - Disc 2:
- This disc includes the following Films:
- The Return Of Dr Mabuse
- The Invisible Dr Mabuse
- Special Features - Disc 3:
- This disc includes the following Films:
- The Testament Of Dr Mabuse
- Scotland Yard Hunts Dr Mabuse
- Special Features - Disc 4:
- This disc includes the following Film:
- The Death Ray Of Dr Mabuse
- Special Features
